Window refrigerator



May 20 1924.

A. H. COOMBS WINDOW REFRIGERATOR Filed Nov. 15. 1923 .5 fiB. v 54 m 3/ W 0 J m M a 3 5,

Patented May 20, 1924.

snare stares ARTHUR H. COOMBS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

WINDOW REFRIGERATOR.

Application filed November 15, 1923. Serial 1V0. 674,988.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. Coomes, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window Refrigerators, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof.

My invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter particularly described and distinctly claimed.

The object of my invention is to construct a window refrigerator of the cabinet-type that is adapted to be placed in front of the inside sill of a kitchen or pantry window, and which window refrigerator may be adjustable up or down on its :legs so as to be raised or lowered as desired to fit windows whose sills may be nearer to or higher from the floor of the kitchen or pantry and which window refrigerator will be simple in construction, durable, and of low cost to manufacture, and inexpensive to maintain or 0 erate, for when the refrigerator is place in position in frontof the window, the lower? sash of the window is raised to the desired height, and the cold air from outside the house will enter the refri erator and circulate through it, thereby eeping the food therein from contamination. 7

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional side-elevation of my improved window refrigerator in po sition in front of a window. Fi 2 is a front-elevation of same showing} e doors of the refrigerator open.

ig. 3 is a detail vertlcal-section of the upper and lower sash of a window, showin one of many forms of looks that may be used to revent the windows from being raised or owered by undesirable persons in the absence of the family using my invention, and Fig. 4 is a sectional top plan-view of one of the adjustable legs of my refrigerator,

titre section being taken on the line 4.4 of Ig- 2 I The numeral 1 designates the outer casing of the refri erator, 2 the double doors, 3 the shelves, an 4 the adjustable legs thereof, while 5' designates a suitable stri of metal bent into an L-shap e,and secure to the inner walls 1 of the refrigerator by any desired means such as bolts 6. o

For the purpose of clamping the legs 4 of the refrigerator in the desired adjusted position, I have provided a bolt 7 having screw threads on one of its ends and having wingsv of moldings.

Adjacent the upper rear end of the refrigerator, I have provided an opening in which is slidably mounted a horizontal rectangular cold-air duct 12, through which the cold-air enters the refrigerator and flows downward toward the bottom thereof, and.

thence circulates around the interior of said refrigerator, and around the food or other products contained therein.

Said cold-air duct 12 is slidablyv mounted in said opening for the purpose of adjusting same in fitting window-sills of various widths.

The numeral 14 designates a shutter-frame that is provided with a plurality of shutters 15 which are mounted in. said frame on a bias for the purpose of preventing rain from entering said cold-air duct 12 and running into the refrigerator.

Said shutter-frame is pivotally mounted to the outer end'of the said cold-air duct 12 by means of bolts or rivets 16.

Said shutter-frame has provided on its lower portion a downwardly flared marginal flange 17 which is fdr the purpose of preventing rain or melted snow from runnin under the said cold-air duct 12 and onto t e window-sill.

/ A screen 18 is secured to the u per and lower portions of the said shutterrame 14, at its outer ends, to prevent flies or other insects from entering the refrigerator, and

it also helps in keeping the rain or snow portion of the said shutter-frame 14' for the purpose of swingin the latter back out of the way when it is desired to close the window-sash 20.

Said handle 19 also acts as a stop when it is brought to rest against the top portion of the said cold air-duct 12, thus preventing the shutter-frame 14 from swinging too far back into the said cold air-duct 12.

The numeral 21 designates a door-jamb that is located in the center of the front of the refrigerator; said door-jamb having latch receiving members and adapted to receive the latch portions secured to the doors to hold said doors in a closed position until it is desired to open said doors to'place some food in the refrigerator.

A common door-bolt 22 is secured to the upper portion of the lower window sash and is adapted to engage a perforated-plate 23 that is secured in any desired position on the inside frame of the up er sash 24 of the window, to prevent sai sash from, being raised or lowered by undesirable persons in the absence of the family using my refrigerator.

While I have illustrated certain details of construction which I deemed to be particu' larly efi'ective, and have illustrated a con struction which is very cheap to make and easy to be manufactured, I do not wish to be limited to these details, as it is obvious that manychanges might be made therein without departing from the spirit or scope of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is 1. A window refrigerator comprising a,

plurality of adjustable legs; an L-shaped clamp secured to the inner walls of said refrigerator and adapted to clamp said legs in any desired position; an adjustable cold airduct slidably mounted in an opening formed in the upper end of the rear wall of said refrigerator; and a shutter-frame pivotally mounted in one end of the said cold-air duct, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with the elements mentioned in the above claim 1; of a plurality of shutters mounted on a bias in said shutter-frame; a screen secured to the upper and lower portion of said shutter-frame, and a handle secured to the upper portion of said shutter-frame for the purpose-of swinging the latter back out of the way when it is desired to close, or wash the window.

In testimony whereof, I have signed'my name to this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR H. COOMBS. Witnesses:

HENRY L. Hronon, Joan G. Hrooou. 

